4 Reasons You Can Admit To Reading New Adult Books

By now you probably know that the ‘new adult’ genre is basically everything you love about young adult fiction but with more sex and more 20something angst than an entire season of Girls. But these books can be more than just your guilty pleasure glad-you-own-a-Kindle-and-no-one-can-see-the-cover secret; they can actually give you some valuable tips for your life.

1. You Can Learn New Ways to Have Sex:

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You know that time your would-be-boyfriend put you in his limo and then called you as you were headed home and then, well, let’s just say that you ended up leaving your La Perla tucked between the leather seats? No? Well….now you can find out how to have just such an experience* in RELEASE ME by J. Kenner:

*limo-owning boyfriend not included.

2. You Can Learn New Ways to Show You Care:

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How do you show the girl that just left you that you care? That none of the seventy-five other girls you screwed (this year) meant anything to you? Start by throwing a stereo, continue on to some door-breaking, and finish by reading BEAUTIFUL DISASTER by Jamie McGuire:

3. You Can Explore New Career Options:

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You need money (don’t we all?). You need…a lot of money. More money than you can get waiting tables, working retail, or selling a kidney. What else is there?

a.Become a wealthy man’s mistress, like in SURRENDER by Melody Anne

b.Auction off your virginity, as per SELLING SCARLETT by Ella James

Bonus: If you just need enough to make the rent next month and maybe buy that cute pair of earrings, get tips on becoming a girlfriend-for-rent in ONE WEEK GIRLFRIEND by Monica Murphy

4. You Can Learn New Ways to Get Good Grades:

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Okay, so maybe this one isn’t that new, but the protagonist in DAMAGED by H.M Ward has the goods on how to earn that A from your male professor: